A SCIENCE-MAD Clitheroe youngster is trying to change the world – one small step at a time.

Charlie Page, 10, visited London after winning a competition in National Geographic Kids magazine.

And with Prime Minister David Cameron away on business in the United States, Brookside Primary pupil Charlie took the chance to visit Downing Street and grilled some Cabinet ministers.

Charlie, from Highmoor Farm, designed a papier-mâché globe as part of the magazine’s ‘My 2050 World’ competition, which asked readers to produce a piece of artwork which best reflected their impressions of climate change.

He said: “We have a globe in the house and I thought it would be cool to make one rather than do a drawing.

“When I grow up I want to be a cyclist because it’s better than using the car.”

Charlie asked Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey and Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman some tough questions when he met them at the Science Museum.

“I asked them, ‘Why do we buy so much energy off the French?’ and they explained that it was good for the UK to work alongside other countries to help the environment.

“We went to the Science Museum, Downing Street and the Houses of Parliament, it was a really good day,” he said.

Jennifer Gaskin, one of the National Geographic judges for the competition said Charlie’s effort was ‘really, really good’.

She said: “It was a real stand-out.”

He was joined by mum Sarah and grandmother Marian.